S.A. UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT COLOGNE DECREE
1. In May 1934 all German students of the age group due to take their leaving certificates in 1933 will be regimented by the
S.A. University Department in order to be physically and mentally trained in a uniform manner in the spirit of the National-Socialist revolution in accordance with the Fuehrer's decree of 9.9.33.
2. All students of the 1933 leaving certificate age group will be regimented it being a matter of indifference whether they are
S.A. men or candidates for the S.A. and such as worked in some job for some reason between matriculation and studying and are only now in their second or third term although they belong to an earlier age group.
3. According to the decree of 7.2.34 [in green pencil: not available in Cologne] S.A. service is compulsory for all German students.
In accordance with the decree of the Supreme S.A. Leadership F 6914 of the 27.3.34 [in pencil: attached] the ban on taking on newly matriculated students is raised in the period 25.4—5.5.34. Every student is thereby offered the possibility of joining the S.A.
4. The continuation of their studies depends for German students, as from their 5th term (this comes into force for the first time at Easter 1935) on the possession of a duly certified statement as to their year of service at the S.A. University Department.
The S.A. University Department lays down the following times, in agreement with the Rector, for reporting for service in the S.A. University Department:
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From the 23 April to the 10 May 1934 daily from 10:00 to 12:00 o'clock in the Sociological lecture room.
University, Room 135 (entrance through room 132)
Cologne, 14 April 1934.
The head of the S.A. University Department, Cologne.
[signed] Deputy, Truppfuehrer.
Instructions for the mandatory training and SA service at the university of Cologne, and the opportunity for every student to join the SA
Authors
Date: 14 April 1934
Literal Title: S.A. University Department Cologne[.] Decree
Total Pages: 1
Language of Text: English
Source of Text: Nazi conspiracy and aggression (Office of United States Chief of Counsel for Prosecution of Axis Criminality. Washington, D.C. : U.S. Government Printing Office, 1946.)
Evidence Code: D-971
Citation: IMT (page 16049)
HLSL Item No.: 451388
Notes:This document was entered as UK exhibit 619. The decree was signed by an unnamed truppfuehrer of the SA. In the trial transcript the prosecutor notes the difference between mandatory training and voluntary membership indicated by the document. See document D 978 for a related decree at Munich.